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Hydro power plants in Switzerland

161 hydro power plants in Switzerland, totalling 9,650 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

#	Plant	Region	MW
1	Bieudron	Valais	1,260
2	Limmern	Glarus	1,000
3	Nendaz	Valais	392
4	Grimsel 2	Piedmont	388
5	Bitsch (Biel)	Valais	340
6	Biasca	Ticino	324
7	Fionnay (Dixence)	Valais	306
8	Pradella	Grisons	300
9	Châtelard-Vallorcine	Valais	260
10	Riddes	Valais	258
11	Stalden (KWM)	Valais	185
12	Sedrun 1	Grisons	150
13	Biaschina	Ticino	141
14	Bavona	Ticino	140
15	Fionnay (Mauvoisin)	Valais	140
16	Etzelwerk Altendorf	Schwyz	135
17	Gordola	Ticino	132
18	Amsteg	Uri	120
19	Verbano 1	Ticino	119
20	Cavergno	Ticino	114
21	Laufenburg	Aargau	110
22	Verbois	Geneva	103
23	Olivone	Ticino	102
24	Castasegna	Lombardy	100
25	Handeck 1	Bern	100
26	Lavey	Valais	93
27	Vernayaz (CFF)	Valais	92
28	Safien Platz	Grisons	86
29	Albbruck	Baden-Wuerttemberg	85
30	Martina	Tyrol	84
31	Soazza	Grisons	83
32	Zermeiggern	Valais	74
33	Piottino	Ticino	73
34	Tinizong	Grisons	70
35	Rempen	Schwyz	66
36	Croix	Valais	66
37	Filisur	Grisons	65
38	Fieschertal	Valais	64
39	Innertkirchen 2	Bern	62
40	Gondo	Piedmont	61
41	Airolo	Ticino	60
42	Handeck 3 (Isogyre)	Bern	55
43	Chancy-Pougny	Geneva	54
44	Peccia (Sambuco)	Ticino	54
45	Unteraa (Lungerersee)	Obwalden	54
46	Ardon	Valais	52
47	Siebnen	Schwyz	52
48	Campocologno 1	Lombardy	50
49	Vissoie	Valais	50
50	Ilanz 2	Grisons	50
51	Eglisau	Zurich	47
52	Klingnau	Aargau	43
53	Reckingen	Valais	40
54	Grono	Grisons	38
55	Grimsel 1 (Oberaarsee)	Piedmont	35
56	Augst	Aargau	35
57	Linthal (Limmern)	Glarus	34
58	Grimsel 1 (Grimselsee)	Piedmont	32
59	Obermatt	Nidwalden	32
60	Montbovon	Vaud	31
61	Ackersand 1	Valais	29
62	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	29
63	Albbruck-Wehrkraftwerk	Baden-Wuerttemberg	28
64	La Dernier	Vaud	28
65	Bannwil	Bern	27
66	Realta	Grisons	26
67	Wettingen	Aargau	25
68	Lostallo	Grisons	25
69	La Peuffeyre	Vaud	24
70	Turtmann	Valais	24
71	Martigny-Bourg	Valais	22
72	Zervreila	Grisons	22
73	Sassello	Grisons	21
74	Wernisberg	Schwyz	20
75	Bremgarten-Zufikon	Aargau	20
76	Beznau	Aargau	20
77	Reichenau	Grisons	19
78	Kandergrund	Bern	19
79	Spiez	Bern	19
80	Dallenwil	Nidwalden	18
81	Aarau Stadt	Aargau	17
82	Montcherand	Vaud	16
83	Aarberg	Bern	15
84	Niederried	Bern	15
85	Stalvedro (AET)	Ticino	14
86	Arniberg	Uri	13
87	Hagneck 1 (M3 M4 u. M5)	Bern	13
88	Isenthal (Bolzbach)	Uri	12
89	Unteraa (Melchaa)	Obwalden	12
90	Wynau	Bern	12
91	Felsenau	Bern	11
92	Gabi	Piedmont	11
93	Pont de la Tine	Valais	11
94	Sublin 1	Vaud	11
95	Fuhren (Gental) Innertkirchen	Obwalden	10
96	Monthey (Tine)	Valais	10
97	Sahli (Glattalp)	Glarus	9
98	Giumaglio	Ticino	9
99	Hinterthal (Muota)	Schwyz	9
100	Bocki 1	Uri	9
101	Champsec	Valais	9
102	Oberrickenbach	Nidwalden	9
103	Seujet	Geneva	9
104	Lessoc	Vaud	9
105	Oberems (Argessa)	Valais	8
106	Kallnach	Bern	8
107	Massaboden	Valais	7
108	Gurtnellen	Uri	7
109	Wolfenschiessen	Nidwalden	7
110	Pintrun	Grisons	6
111	Beznau-Wehrkraftwerk	Aargau	6
112	Schlappin	Grisons	6
113	La Goule	Bern	6
114	Ladral	Grisons	5
115	Letten	Zurich	5
116	Pravizin 1 (Bruggwiti)	Saint Gallen	5
117	Stampa	Ticino	5
118	Thusis	Grisons	5
119	Plons	Saint Gallen	4
120	Risi	Glarus	4
121	Stechelberg	Bern	4
122	Tenero-Centrale di dotazione	Ticino	4
123	Altendorf (Buchs)	Saint Gallen	4
124	Luchsingen	Glarus	4
125	Mels (KW Stoffel)	Saint Gallen	3
126	Ponte Brolla	Ticino	3
127	Dietikon	Zurich	3
128	Sainte - Anne	Fribourg	3
129	Ticinetto	Ticino	3
130	Le Chalet	Vaud	3
131	Wettingen-Dotierzentrale	Aargau	2
132	Ceresa 1	Ticino	2
133	Hospental	Uri	2
134	Obermatt-Nebenzentrale	Nidwalden	2
135	Giessen	Saint Gallen	2
136	Sella	Ticino	2
137	Trempel	Saint Gallen	2
138	Amsteg-Regulierzentrale	Uri	2
139	Campocologno 2	Lombardy	2
140	Les Moyats	Neuchatel	2
141	Mulin	Grisons	2
142	Windisch	Aargau	2
143	Kandersteg (Zilfuri)	Bern	2
144	Cerentino	Ticino	1
145	Felsen	Saint Gallen	1
146	Linthkraft Netstal	Glarus	1
147	Campo Vallemaggia	Ticino	1
148	Klusi	Bern	1
149	Stalden (Kloster)	Valais	1
150	Hackeren	Lucerne	1
151	Kleintal (Isenthal)	Uri	1
152	Matte	Bern	1
153	Strick	Saint Gallen	1
154	Valeis	Saint Gallen	1
155	Neuewelt	Basel-Landschaft	1
156	Perlen 2 (WTA PF)	Lucerne	1
157	Bassecourt	Jura	1
158	Kandersteg (Dorf)	Bern	1
159	Leuggelbach	Glarus	1
160	Perlen 1 (WTA HF)	Lucerne	1
161	Turgi	Aargau	1

WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Lifecycle and source reconciliation

This page contains 162 positive-capacity records totalling 9,693.9 MW. Lifecycle labels, capacity scope and capacity-quality provenance are kept separate so a source-backed capacity is not mistaken for a verified operating status.

64records with a resolvable source link

98records without a retained record-level link

Lifecycle labels in this page slice

Status	Records
Construction	1
Not Reported	94
Operating	67

Capacity provenance quality

Quality label	Records
current source verified gem operating units 2026	3
legacy source record not current verified	98
source verified gem tracker location 2026	56
source verified wikidata p2109 strict match	5

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